Welcome to the home page for the
Sheffield & District Association Snooker League

THE LEAGUE IS AFFILIATED TO THE E.A.S.B.& Y.B.& S.A.

The
Beginnings

The first recorded
competition in Sheffield was the Sheffield Open Snooker Championship,
starting in 1924. As such it preceded the World Championship by three
years. The first winner was L Dyson-Rees, and apart from the war years the
competition has been run every year since. It is one of the oldest
continuous snooker competitions in the world, possibly the oldest.

The league competition began in
1926-27. It was proposed by the Star newspaper who presented a cup to the
league winners. Albert Capper, Ben Stacey and Walter Rayden were among its
first officials. The Angel were the inaugural winners, from a field of
eleven. The same cup is still presented each year to the winners of a play
off between all the divisional winners.

The
Boom

In the snooker boom of
the eighties the league reached its peak in terms of numbers, with
thirteen divisions of fourteen teams, 182 teams in all. It has reduced
since to its current six divisions, still one of the largest leagues in
England.

Now

Now in addition to the
League and Sheffield Championship the Association runs an Individual
handicap, a Doubles competition, two Teams knockouts, one the best of
five, the other with three players over seven frames, an Aggregate
knockout, a Summer league, and a Summer knockout. Young players are
encouraged with the Under 19s championship. Teams and Individuals from the
Sheffield Association have enjoyed success at both county and national
level.